High Plains
Youth
Kayak Fishing Series
Rules and Regulations
All Nebraska rules and regulations relating to
boating,
fishing, lakes and parks will be enforced.
This includes PFD regulations, fishing licenses and operating your
vessel. Members are encouraged to
participate and complete a Boater Education Class offered by Nebraska Game and
Parks. Please visit Nebraska Game and Parks website for more information.
A PFD
MUST BE WORN AT
ALL TIMES! Failure to do so will result
in immediate disqualification.
Age Groups
There are two age groups.
15 and under, 16-18. With
birthdate not before October 2nd to qualify for age group.
Adult Help
As the goal of the HPYKFS is to teach kids about
kayak
fishing, other kayakers are allowed and encouraged to help the kids in terms of
teaching them the best ways to catch bass. They can help in any way except actual
casting, setting the hook or reeling in the fish. Lending
kids different lures is also
acceptable.
Tournament
Schedule
The series goal is to schedule and complete 6
tournaments
per year. This can be adjusted from year to year depending on interest. A state tournament will also be scheduled
among these dates. It will
be held in
conjunction with an existing date.
Tournament
Scoring
Rules
All anglers must provide their own electronic
photo device
that will take the picture of caught fish.
Fish will be measured and photographed on an acceptable board and then
immediately released at kayak. Points
will be awarded for the day on total inches of 5 fish. There is no minimum length. Tie breaker will be the longest of the five
fish turned in with virtual stringer.
Season points will be awarded as follows….1st Place = 100, 2nd
Place = 90, 3rd Place =80 and
so on. 11th place will
awarded 9 points to 20th place which will be worth 1 point. 25 Participation points will be awarded to
total score for each tournament entered. These points will be counted whether
their tournament score is dropped or not. These points will give an incentive
for the anglers to attend each event.
Trophies or plaques will be awarded at each tournament. Tournament points will be added up to
determine the series winner for the year.
Each angler will drop their lowest tournament score if they fished all
six tournaments in the series. If
an
angler can’t attend one event, they can use that tournament as their “dropped”
score.
To determine end of the year series winner when a tie
occurs, the following will be used:
1st-Total fish points for the year, then
2nd-Biggest fish, then
3rd-Number of tournaments finished, then
4th-Coin toss to determine the winner.
State Tournament
The state tournament will be a part of the series. On that day awards will provided once again
for 1st, 2nd,
and third but will be awarded as the State
Champion. Series points will count
as
normal.
*Rules are subject to change.
